Services for Vera M. Hummel, age 84, of Wayne, will be on Saturday, October 8, at 11:00 a.m. at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Wayne. Visitation will be on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to service time at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Wayne. There will be a private family interment at Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Wayne. She passed away on Wednesday at her home at Kinship Pointe in Wayne. Memorials may be directed to The Jim and Vera Hummel Scholarship Fund/Wayne State College Foundation. Arrangements are with Hasemann Funeral Home of Wayne.
Vera Muree Churchill Hummel was born August 14th, 1938 in Woodbine IA to George H. Churchill and Ida Bintz Churchill. She was the youngest of 11 children. She graduated from Woodbine High School and her bachelors and master’s degrees from Wayne State College. Vera married Jim Hummel December 28th, 1958 in Woodbine IA. The couple lived in Mead Nebraska for 6 years prior to moving to Wayne Nebraska in 1964. Vera retired in 2000 after serving as emeritus faculty at Wayne State College. She later served as a founding Director of Seeking the Spirit Within, the Nebraska Synod of the ELCA Institute of Spiritual Direction Formation; Spiritual Director; Spiritual Retreat Facilitator. She was a volunteer in hospice for many years; served as member of the Board of Trustees for Wayne State Foundation; served in many church roles at Our Savior Lutheran Church (organist, choir, council, committees).
She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, and grandmother who shared her faith, integrity, love, and care for others.
Vera is survived by her sons and families, Jay (Janet) Hummel of Yankton, Doug (Brenda) Hummel of Omaha, Mark (Becky) Hummel of Lincoln; 7 grandchildren: Garrett (Michelle) Hummel, Hannah (Shelby) Sidel, Tyler Hummel, Nathan Hummel, Andrew (Maria) Hummel, Brooke Hummel, and Jordan Hummel; 5 great grandchildren: Hailey and Hadley Hummel, Eleanor and Willa Sidel, and Henry Hummel.
She was preceded in death by her husband Jim, parents, and 10 siblings: George, Lester, Ida May, Donald, Darlene, Gertrude, Fern, Paul, Raymond, and John, and a granddaughter Courtney Nicole Hummel.
